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New from me @TheSpectator:
Newly-Independent #AZSEN @kyrstensinema's use of @actblue directly violates the platform's policy that it is ONLY for Democrats
It's huge trouble for Independent Sens. @BernieSanders and @AngusforMaine #VTSEN #MESEN
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Newly-Independent #AZSEN @kyrstensinema's use of @actblue directly violates the platform's policy that it is ONLY for Democrats
It's huge trouble for Independent Sens. @BernieSanders and @AngusforMaine #VTSEN #MESEN
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Let's be clear from the onset:
@ActBlue is ONLY for Democrats...as it makes clear on its own website.
@kyrstensinema, @BernieSanders, and @AngusforMaine are NOT Democrats #azsen #vtsen #mesen
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@ActBlue is ONLY for Democrats...as it makes clear on its own website.
@kyrstensinema, @BernieSanders, and @AngusforMaine are NOT Democrats #azsen #vtsen #mesen
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If you're even passingly familiar with my reporting, you'll know that I've covered @ActBlue's whimsical and nonsensical policies for years
We talked about @kyrstensinema specifically on @newsmax last week with @JohnFBachman and @BiancaDLGarza
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We talked about @kyrstensinema specifically on @newsmax last week with @JohnFBachman and @BiancaDLGarza
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My current Maine CD #s w/@DecisionDeskHQ data:
Pres.
ME-1: 59.2% Biden, 38.0% Trump
ME-2: 51.4% Trump, 45.6% Biden
#MESen
ME-1: 48.0% Gideon, 45.5% Collins
ME-2: 58.5% Collins, 34.9% Gideon
Biden crushed it in ME-1, kept ME-2 close. Collins crushed it in ME-2, kept ME-1 close.
Pres.
ME-1: 59.2% Biden, 38.0% Trump
ME-2: 51.4% Trump, 45.6% Biden
#MESen
ME-1: 48.0% Gideon, 45.5% Collins
ME-2: 58.5% Collins, 34.9% Gideon
Biden crushed it in ME-1, kept ME-2 close. Collins crushed it in ME-2, kept ME-1 close.
The CDs have drifted further apart. I thought of the 2014 gov race. LePage lost ME-1 by 2.4% but carried ME-2 by 12.9% -- 15.3% gap. Collins lost ME-1 by about that same margin, but won ME-2 by almost 25% (tbf she's from there, and LePage was running against its sitting rep).
Collins got about the same 206K votes in both districts. Gideon got 218K in ME-1, but only 123K in ME-2.
We could see Trump at the airport or a few miles away, I’m hearing. Pretty late advance work going on here. bangordailynews.com/2020/10/25/pol… #mepolitics via @bangordailynews
The Senate has votes scheduled today, so @SenatorCollins is in DC as Trump prepares to land in her home city. #mepolitics
Here’s how one conservative activist is discussing the visit on Facebook. Trump supporters should start showing up soon. #mepolitics
Mitch McConnell's @Senate_Fund dropping over $22.5M in eight races tonight:
6,121,824->#NCSen
4,505,936->#GASen
3,636,248->#IASen
3,275,192->#AKSen
2,579,361->#MTSen
1,255,998->#MESen
1,008,765->#COSen
138,632->#KSSen
fec.gov/data/committee…
6,121,824->#NCSen
4,505,936->#GASen
3,636,248->#IASen
3,275,192->#AKSen
2,579,361->#MTSen
1,255,998->#MESen
1,008,765->#COSen
138,632->#KSSen
fec.gov/data/committee…
Independent expenditures in the North Carolina Senate race are about to hit $150 million
Rough approximation of the total Senate IE spending over the entire 2020 cycle so far:
$146M - North Carolina
$107M - Iowa
$76M - Georgia (Both races)
$74M - Montana
$70M - Maine
$58M - Arizona
$54M - Michigan
$31M - Colorado
$30M - Kansas
$19M - South Carolina
$15M - Alaska
$146M - North Carolina
$107M - Iowa
$76M - Georgia (Both races)
$74M - Montana
$70M - Maine
$58M - Arizona
$54M - Michigan
$31M - Colorado
$30M - Kansas
$19M - South Carolina
$15M - Alaska
🗳🇺🇸El Supremo gana protagonismo en las carreras al #SenadoD3N. La demócrata Sara Gideon se enfrenta a la senadora republicana Susan Collins en Maine (#MESen).
Collins ha dicho que no confirmará a un juez de Trump antes de las elecciones, pero...
Collins ha dicho que no confirmará a un juez de Trump antes de las elecciones, pero...
🗳🇺🇸Justo hoy, los expertos electorales de @LarrySabato han cambiado la predicción de la carrera de #MESen de ‘bisagra’ a ‘se inclina demócrata’. Gideon lleva liderando en las encuestas desde hace meses y ahora tendrá mucho más dinero para aguantar ahí.
🗳🇺🇸Nueva encuesta de Suffolk/Boston Globe entre probables votantes sobre las elecciones senatoriales de Maine.
• Gideon (D): 46%
• Collins (R-senadora): 41%
Maine tiene sistema de voto por orden de preferencia y los votos a terceros partidos acabarían ayudando a Gideon.
• Gideon (D): 46%
• Collins (R-senadora): 41%
Maine tiene sistema de voto por orden de preferencia y los votos a terceros partidos acabarían ayudando a Gideon.
Health care clash in #MESen debate.
Gideon knocks Collins for being on all sides of the issue—voting against ACA then voting for repeal under Obama then voting against repeal under Trump.
Collins criticizes Gideon for backing a public option, says it’ll lower hospital payments.
Gideon knocks Collins for being on all sides of the issue—voting against ACA then voting for repeal under Obama then voting against repeal under Trump.
Collins criticizes Gideon for backing a public option, says it’ll lower hospital payments.
Sara Gideon says she supports Joe Biden for president and challenges Susan Collins to say who she favors.
Collins dodges.
“I don’t think that the people of Maine need my advice on whom to support for president.”
(The senator has not said who she intends to vote for this fall.)
Collins dodges.
“I don’t think that the people of Maine need my advice on whom to support for president.”
(The senator has not said who she intends to vote for this fall.)
Susan Collins talked a lot about co-authoring the PPP program at tonight’s Maine Senate debate, taking credit for saving jobs in Maine during the pandemic.
#mesen debate
@SenatorCollins: ‘Sarah has been very critical of my vote for Justice Kavanaugh. I have to ask her, would she have voted for Justice Roberts?’
@SpeakerGideon: ‘I’d have to study that.’
@SenatorCollins: ‘She’s ducking the question.’
@SenatorCollins: ‘Sarah has been very critical of my vote for Justice Kavanaugh. I have to ask her, would she have voted for Justice Roberts?’
@SpeakerGideon: ‘I’d have to study that.’
@SenatorCollins: ‘She’s ducking the question.’
.@SpeakerGideon: ‘I’d like to ask Sen Collins who she thinks should be leading this country? She has neglected to answer that question.
@SenatorCollins: ‘I don’t think the people of Maine need my advice on whom to vote for for president.’
@SenatorCollins: ‘I don’t think the people of Maine need my advice on whom to vote for for president.’
@SaraGideon is correct handle
NEW: @AmyMcGrathKY's campaign says its national TV ads have helped her raise millions in her #KYSen bid. (Setting aside the current primary) I explored whether the fundraising strategy could be replicated (Looking at you, #SCSen).
More (and a thread!): morningconsult.com/2020/06/18/mcg…
More (and a thread!): morningconsult.com/2020/06/18/mcg…
McGrath's national buying started out as an experiment, her campaign manager told me. They had the resources, so why not? Low risk, high-potential reward. The response? #KYsen morningconsult.com/2020/06/18/mcg…
.@Team_Mitch is an easy target for national Democratic activist energy -- his #KYSen rival in '14 raised a ton of money, too -- due in part to his large, and almost totally negative name ID from the national Dem base. @LindseyGrahamSC comes in second. morningconsult.com/2020/06/18/mcg…
SHOT: GOP Senate sneaks a $170 BILLION dollar tax break for real estate developers into the #coronavirus relief bill meant to help struggling Americans.
CHASER: The Real Estate Roundtable, the group pushing the tax break, gave GOP Senators more than $70,000. #COVID19
CHASER: The Real Estate Roundtable, the group pushing the tax break, gave GOP Senators more than $70,000. #COVID19
COLLINS: @SenatorCollins’ campaign committee took $11,500 in contributions from The Real Estate Roundtable PAC. #MESen americanbridgepac.org/after-receivin…
MCCONNELL: @senatemajldr took $17,500 from The Real Estate Roundtable over the course of his long career. #KYSen americanbridgepac.org/after-receivin…
1/4.@SenatorCollins over 200 pieces of legislation including protecting for DREAMers, gun control and health care legislation is sitting on @senatemajldr's desk awaiting a vote. He is interfering w/Senate business & you are silent.
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2/4An impeachment inquiry was begun because Trump asked another country to interfere in our election and because he is under investigation for a dozen other impeachable offenses. You refuse to comment on the scope of the investigation and his behavior. This is intolerable.
3/4 Now you are 'concerned' that impeachment will interfere with Senate business. If you were truly concerned about the disruption of business you would have called on @senatemajldr to hold a vote on legislation passed by the House.
For those of you not in Maine, follow along to see how town halls go when Susan Collins doesn't show up.
Here is he live feed:
facebook.com/37398144679597…
#townhallmaine #mesen
Here is he live feed:
facebook.com/37398144679597…
#townhallmaine #mesen
I'm not fixing that typo.
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I think one can be in favor of an official impeachment inquiry while also respecting the dilemma Nancy Pelosi faces.
She knows that Donald Trump is a criminal, yet she needs to hold on to the House in the next election.
She knows that Donald Trump is a criminal, yet she needs to hold on to the House in the next election.
Nobody fought harder than Speaker Pelosi to take back the House.
She knows that a Democratic House is all that stands in the way of the right-wing destroying this country for a century in this era of Trump.
With climate change and healthcare these are life-and-death stakes.
She knows that a Democratic House is all that stands in the way of the right-wing destroying this country for a century in this era of Trump.
With climate change and healthcare these are life-and-death stakes.
And right now Speaker Pelosi foresees a plausible future in which the impeachment of Donald Trump backfires on Democrats and results in Donald Trump's re-election, a Republican House, a Republican Senate, and a 6-3 Supreme Court.
It's a frightening thought.
It's a frightening thought.
Senate Republicans and @realDonaldTrump continue to attack the Affordable Care Act. Now the Trump administration is trying to strike the entire ACA down. These Republican senators (all are up for re-election) are not taking your access to health care seriously:
David Perdue (R-GA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Cory Gardner (R-CO) have voted over and over again to risk protections for pre-existing conditions and make health care coverage more expensive. #gasen #ncsen #cosen
John Cornyn (R-TX) has voted over and over again to risk protections for pre-existing conditions and make health care coverage more expensive. And don’t forget, Cornyn was in charge of rounding up the votes to dismantle the ACA in 2017. #txsen
Since a lot of people are now suddenly noticing #MESen polls and how difficult defeating Susan Collins could be, let's discuss a few important things that we need to understand going into that election.
First: name recognition is absolutely everything. Collins is one of the most well-known people in Maine, she has a well-established brand, and that counts for a lot. It isn't going to be easy to shift public attitudes about her.
Second: Maine is a rare case of a state with millions of what we might call "true independents". In a lot of states, most "independents" are just people in the out-party who don't want to admit that to their neighbors. In Maine, people are really independents for the sake of it.
